China CO2 emissions data for 2012
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2012?
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China emitted 9779.35 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012.
This represents 27.99% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2012?
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In 2012, China emitted 7.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 1366560768.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 9779.35 million tonnes emitted by China in 2012 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
1176.71 |
0.86 |
| Gas |
277.6 |
0.2 |
| Coal |
7464.81 |
5.46 |
| Cement |
714.78 |
0.52 |
| Flaring |
3.73 |
0.0 |
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